Enabling/Disabling Hr Alarms And Setting Alarm Limits; Check Patient Alarm - ZOLL M2 Operator's Manual

Chapter 6 Monitoring ECG

Enabling/Disabling HR Alarms and Setting Alarm Limits

When enabled, the ZOLL M2 unit sounds and displays alarms whenever the patient's heart rate
is above or below the specified heart rate alarm limits.
You can enable (or disable) HR alarms and set Upper and Lower alarm limits using the Alarm
Limits quick access key (
To configure HR alarm through the Alarm Limits quick access key:
1. Press (
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2.
3. Rotate the Trim Knob to select the fields that you want to change for HR:
Status - to turn the HR alarm function on or off
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Lower Limit - set the lower alarm limit
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Upper Limit - set the upper alarm limit
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To change a setting, press the Trim Knob and the vital sign field turns green. Turn the trim
4.
knob clockwise or counterclockwise to change the value and press the knob to select the new
value.
When you have completed your changes, do one of the following:
5.
Rotate the Trim Knob to the X in the top right corner of the window and press the knob
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to leave the window.
Press the Menu button
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Check Patient Alarm

If the Heart Rate alarm is on in Monitor mode or Defib mode (with some AED configurations),
the unit runs a continuous analysis on the ECG top waveform trace. If ventricular fibrillation or
wide complex ventricular tachycardia is detected, the Check Patient alarm feature triggers an
audible alarm and displays the CHECK PATIENT message.
If the Heart Rate alarm is on in Pacer mode, the unit displays the VF/VT ALARMS DISABLED
message, indicating that the Check Patient alarm feature has been disabled.
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